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- 01 Aug 2001
- News
HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report
Role as a Nonprofit Board Member, and Transitions and Transformations. This spring, a fourth was launched: Charting Your Course, which focused on women reentering the workforce after raising a family. The committee urges the School to... View Details
Keywords: John Hoffman
- 23 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Countries Use Financial Policy to Fight COVID-19
yet. “Seeing the breadth of different policies and the different stakeholders that they touch was surprising." Cavallo, in searching for a way to explore a once-in-a-lifetime global event like the worldwide economic response to COVID-19, decided to enlist a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 10 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 10
of physical infrastructure and workforce education are the strongest predictors of entry, with labor laws and household banking quality also playing important roles. Looking at the district-industry level, we find extensive evidence of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Women on Boards: How Lara Druyan and Ann Lucena Are Shaping the Future of Corporate Leadership - Blog: RGE Report
both feel a strong desire to “do the right thing” even when it’s difficult. Speaking about recent backlash toward diversity and inclusion initiatives, Druyan emphasizes that boards with a strong commitment to workforce diversity will... View Details
- 17 May 2018
- News
Creating Opportunity for Indian Entrepreneurs
financing for entrepreneurial pursuits. With one million people entering the workforce every month, according to the Indian Ministry of Labor, it is important to Bhargava to give people the skills and motivation needed to create their own... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 02 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
ALUMNI WORK TO REVERSE BIAS THROUGH PHILANTHROPY
development in meaningful and measurable ways. “We want companies to start recognizing that diversity is an advantage for a firm,” he adds. “The demographics of our country are changing. Businesses that are slow to understand the value of a diverse View Details
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Launching leaders: HBS's new initiative fuels first-generation and low-income student success - Recruiting
to attend HBS, but like many Ascend Leaders, stepping away from the workforce for two years carries significant financial considerations,” Ahmed stated. “Ascend provided an immediate community of driven peers with similar backgrounds and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
and Retain Top Talent to Create an Engaged, Productive Workforce by Kevin Sheridan (MBA ’88) ((McGraw-Hill)) Finding a Path: Stories from My Life by Harry W. Strachan (DBA ’72) ((iUniverse Publishing)) Scooter: The Douglas A-4 Skyhawk... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
“The Star of the North”
companies. They also boast a rising labor force that’s among the strongest in the country, while the workforces of other states are dwindling. Health care in the area is strong, highlighted by the Mayo Clinic, and the education system is... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Is Market Capitalism Headed for Trouble?
inability of democratically elected governments to deal with some of capitalism’s fallout, particularly inequality and migration as its consequence. They see their cities, as in France, becoming battlegrounds. The very people they need for the View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
me to succeed as a working woman in India than it is for many of my female counterparts elsewhere in the world. First, women in India are accepted as just another element in a diverse workforce consisting of many different ethnic and... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace
opposite effect when depended upon as a substitute. While not apparent yet, a permanent work-from-home model may well start a slow-rolling mental health crisis in the American workforce and a resulting HR nightmare. What might look like... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
As the US Congress prepares to replenish its Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses, questions still linger: Do guaranteed loans for small businesses work in the long term? Who wins? Employees? Businesses? Taxpayers? The answer appears to be yes for all... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
huge skills battle," he says, adding that the global workforce is steadily gaining ground on the United States. "The war on terrorism is a very real and important fight, but whether or not we win the skills battle will determine more... View Details
- 27 Sep 2021
- News
Sewn with Love
established to mobilize the American workforce quarantined at home, and began offering their MadeByUS kits that include everything—from assembly instructions to precut gown panels—for anyone with a sewing machine and knowledge of fabric... View Details
- 02 Apr 2001
- What Do You Think?
Telecommuting: Dangerous to Health?
widely heralded. Clearly, it has enabled millions to participate in the paid workforce who otherwise would be constrained by location and disruptive commitments. But now we are beginning to see a backlash in the form of a migration of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Apr 2025
- Blog Post
How to onboard recently graduated MBAs
people, few of us put as much effort in onboarding those new hires.” As today's workforces become increasingly varied in backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, new dimensions — and sometimes new challenges — are naturally introduced:... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 20 Apr 2016
- News
Steps to Success
of the villages have seen slow progress, and one dropped out entirely, but Ruhr focuses on what CREATE! is building, which includes a workforce trained in computer science and agriculture that can now use QuickBooks for accounting. “We... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 25 Jan 2016
- News
Helping Young African Managers Find Their Way Home
there are no continent-wide studies of this, a report last year by Adcorp, a workforce management company, found that in South Africa there were an estimated 470,000 private-sector job openings remain unfilled because of a lack of... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 03 Sep 2014
- What Do You Think?
Who Should Choose Your Boss?
recommendations ." Gerald Nanninga posed an interesting question: "Today's workforce is evolving ever more closely to a 'contract employee' model . So, if you think of yourself as your boss and your supervisor as your client,... View Details